For Memorial Day, Another 'End the War on Terror' Speech
A message I have been waiting to hear.
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A message I have been waiting to hear.
The same is true of 'blood-sucking leeches.'
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The battle for City Hall will test how much New Yorkers can tolerate knowing about their political leaders.
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For 40 years, the Republican Study Committee has prized ideological purity over partisan loyalty. That mindset now dominates the GOP.
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Moral decay in an age of terrorism.
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After the 1983 attack in Lebanon, the opposition party worked with the president to solve a difficult national security problem, instead of pointing partisan fingers.
The address, a vindication for civil libertarians, promises change you may want to hold off on believing in.
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Passed when the Pentagon and World Trade Center rubble were still smoking, the AUMF has been the basis for everything since.
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There should be no armed drones over the U.S. under any president, Obama says.
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In a historic speech, the president suggests it's time to limit executive ability to use lethal force against alleged extremists.
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Republican critics now scoff at the Texan's opposition to a pathway to citizenship because they know his history.
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Tea party groups could have registered as nonprofit 527 political committees, but they didn't. How the GOP love of secret donations has fueled the growth of 501(c)(4)s.
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It's certainly possible, but the public has insufficient information to make a definitive judgment.
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Everyone agrees that some employees acted incompetently. So how much time and money will it take to get rid of them?
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Its long overdue admissions are paired with praise for the president's supposed commitment to transparency.
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Officials can deliver both high-quality public services and low tax rates to citizens by providing services for which outsiders are willing to pay a premium.
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The president has a base of loyalists that won't quit and, at least for now, there's no evidence he was involved in any scandals.
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A national security official in the Obama Administration makes that claim to defend the treatment of James Rosen.
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If national security journalists are neutered, secrets will flow to transparency activists and the government will have even less control.
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Disaster personnel and volunteers have to rely critical federal funding that's been slashed.
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What politics taught me that current graduates need to know.
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Justices Hugo Black and William O. Douglas specifically addressed a section of the law at issue today.
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A press that's able to ferret out government secrets is more important than a government that can keep secrets.
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His concurrence in the Pentagon Papers case is worth revisiting as DOJ tries to criminalize national security journalism.
Every now and then we see how hard his balancing act is.
Possibly the worst campaign ad since Herman Cain's campaign manager smoked a cigarette on camera.
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The AP, Fox News, and WikiLeaks were not the only outlets to find their sources embroiled in leak investigations.
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"Convenient race-talk" from a president who ought to know better
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In 2010, Republicans won a special election during a low point of Obama's presidency. Will history repeat itself?
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